DEXTA

Much thanks

Steve

P.S. If I get the ole girl, Ya-all will be hearing more from me I'm sure :)

Ford specified things like the fuel pump and the oil pump and insisted that Perkin's name was removed from all parts supplied by them. All the casting were made at Dagenham and shipped to Peterborough for final finishing and assembly.

The parts were supplied on a "just in time" basis with only enough parts held by Perkins to complete one days supply of engines for Dagenham production.

Perkins used the information gained from the co operation with Ford to develope future engines that were sold to MF and others.

Some components from Perkins outlets will be the same but your best source of parts would be your Case/New Holland dealer.

The Dexta is a brilliant little tractor. In my area, in a very short while when new, it replaced most of the Fergusson TE20 types. It was only when Ford replaced it with the awful 2000 and 3000 tractors that these other types came back into the reckoning.

regards
Brian

At the same time of the disagreement on exclusive use Massey was using this engine and has contined to use this engine. If you'll check a 231 Massey Ferguson they still use the 152 CID Perkins today on them. Somebody has given you bad info on this.

If you carry your engine serial number to Perkins, Massey or Ford, either one can supply engine parts, but the best and most economical parts source is still going to be Perkins Diesel.

The way I see the deal tho, was when Ford and Ferguson split apart that Massey kept the Perkins as it's engine, and Ford fought to keep it for themselves.

Ford pitched a fit because they wanted exclusive use, and Perkins would'nt go with that idea.

Ford did'nt make or break Perkins. Perkins had been building engines since in the mid 30's, Ford was just another outlet for their product. Ford thought it could badger and force Perkins into getting in on the exclusive deal on a particular engine and it backfired on Ford.

If you'll check it out today. Tafe, and IMT are doing the same thing that Ford did years ago. They pay patent and royalties to Perkins and on some engine styles have bought the patent rights and manufacture their own engine and parts in Romania, and Bulgaria. They also use outdated generic Bosch and Simms injector pumps on the same deal.

These hostile take over deals are'nt anything new today, Ford was trying it at least 40 yrs ago. It just did'nt work.

I don't know much about tractor but when I look for buying one I decide to choose the dexta because, all the 8N I've seen had no choice between Low and high gear and there was no live Hydraulic on them, but I seen only two of them ,
I guest it doesn't mean it is the case for all of them. Also I have my dexta for about only one month and so far I did had any problem to get parts (changed fuel pump membrans and fixe hydraulic). perkins company still exist and if you keep looking here, there is always guys like Burrhead or Brian (fordson lovers) to help you with the fixing. So far I had only good thing to say about this tractor and those guys.it is also a very strong tractor.

regards
Jack.C